PENSACOLA, Florida -- Escambia County investigators on Friday arrested a man who robbed four businesses along Highway 29 to pay for his girlfriend’s probation fees, according to a sheriff's office press release.

Marquis Baldwin, 22, of Pensacola, is charged with four counts of robbery with a firearm and six counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Deputies said Baldwin is responsible for at least four robberies along Highway 29 between Nov. 30 and Jan. 9, including three Waffle House robberies and one at a Kangaroo gas station at 7950 Pensacola Blvd.

Authorities said Baldwin would entered the businesses armed with a rifle and demand money from employees.

Using video surveillance, sheriff’s investigators identified Baldwin in the robberies, who was interviewed and later confessed to the crimes.

Investigators said they recovered a pump action BB gun Baldwin had used in the robberies, which he had committed to pay off his girlfriends probation. The probation was found to have been paid in full after the Jan. 9 robbery.